[AnthonyB]

The idea of a prophet ordained of God to reveal his truth and sort out the confusion of doctrines is really attractive. I have one prophecy spoken to me, where God really hit the nail on the head. (for me personally) The guy who God spoke through was a once only guest speaker (he had come from England) at a meeting I had never been to before and knew none except two friends who equally had never been at the meeting before. He singled me out and I was the only one to receive a direct prophetic word. (I still have the tape)

It would be great to have that sort of thing to sort out the church as a whole. When reading about the LDS prophets/apostles I can't help think that the power went to their heads (esp IMHO Young, I don't want to start "another" thread about polygamy and I can even see it could be of real value at times. (A lot of single female believers bereft of suitable husbands and often forced to either pick unsuitable husbands from within the church or unbelievers.) However they seemed to collect wives like Tiger Woods does trophies!). So maybe that is why God hasn't in my opinion given us a continued authoratative prophetic/apostolic ministry.